I recommend toggling to off, unless you want your child to use Alexa (Amazon’s voice assistant). Set On the Lock Screen to Hide sensitive notification content. Tap the Settings app, then Apps & Notifications. If you’ll be storing any important data on the tablet, or making important data available from the tablet, I highly recommend setting a password rather than a PIN, because a strong password is more secure than a 4-digit PIN. On the Set Lock Screen PIN screen, set a PIN or password for your profile, to prevent your child from accessing it. On the Fire Kids Edition screen, tap Set up your child’s account. You can decide whether to check Auto-Save Photos and Videos (I didn’t). On the Fire options page, I recommend unchecking Save Wi-Fi Password to Amazon.

Tap the Settings app, then My Account, then Register. On the Amazon Fire Kids Edition tablet, open your profile (if you’re setting up a new tablet, it will be the default profile the only one on the tablet).

You can also have your device download regular PDF documents either converted to Kindle format or not (so you may read them instead of a book).Utilizing Amazon Fire Kids Edition Parental Controls.

In settings you'll find popular highlights. Starting at your homepage, press Menu and then go to settings.

You can also turn off the 'popular' highlights that come with the book.

Tap More for additional options, such as choosing how to display your reading progress (remaining pages, amount of time left in the book, time left in the chapter, or location in the book), whether the clock should be visible, popular highlights by other people who've read the book, and the option to turn on Word Wise, which can show hints above unfamiliar words.Tap Layout to change the orientation from portrait to landscape, adjust the alignment, control the amount of spacing between lines, and configure margins.Tap the Font tab to choose a font face, size, and level of boldness for the text.On the Themes tab, you can choose the Standard theme for the default page size and layout, Large for larger text, or select Manage Themes to find more options.Tap the Aa icon at the upper-left corner.Tap the top of the screen to bring up the controls.You can control the size of the text and the way it appears as you read.

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